Terms Used In West Virginia Code 22-14-8

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Certificate of approval: means the written approval issued by the secretary to a person who has applied to the secretary for a certificate of approval that authorizes the person to place, construct, enlarge, alter, repair or remove a dam and specifies the conditions or limitations under which the work is to be performed by that person. See West Virginia Code 22-14-3
• Dam: means an artificial barrier or obstruction, including any works appurtenant to it and any reservoir created by it, which is or will be placed, constructed, enlarged, altered or repaired so that it does or will impound or divert water and:

  (A) Is or will be twenty-five feet or more in height from the natural bed of the stream or watercourse measured at the downstream toe of the barrier and which does or can impound fifteen acre-feet or more of water. See West Virginia Code 22-14-3

• Person: means any public or private corporation, institution, association, society, firm, organization or company organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country. See West Virginia Code 22-14-3
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. See West Virginia Code 22-14-3